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My first Public Specking ( Console Wars )
Hello, grade 4, have you ever wondered why there’s so much going on with video games, they’re just games. Well, let me tell you about the console wars, I hope you find it as interesting as I do. I’m going to tell you about the most sold console, the history of it and how Xbox lost.
What console do you like? Well the PS2 is the most sold console, Sony says that it has sold over 158 million units, that’s 60% of all console sales between Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo! But why? The PS2 was so successful because it came out in the year 2 000 which gave it 24 years to be bought. Some other reasons are: because it had good support for DVDs and it was a console for the whole family. Even though some consoles today are for the whole family, all these reasons together made it the most sold console ever, But the console I have is the Nintendo switch. This is because it’s easy to use and because I like Mario Games. But while the PS2 is the most sold console it wasn’t always the most sold console.
What do you think was the most sold console? Well the history of the console wars is pretty interesting. It started when Nintendo saved video games! Gaming companies were making low-quality low-budget games but Nintendo made the NES which they branded as a toy for the family and with the reslees of Mario the NES made people finally buy video games. Then Sega made Sonic which was pretty successful and the console wars became Mario vs Sonic. After that Nintendo made the N64 which was a 3D console that was supposed to be game changing ( he he ) but they were too late since the PS1 came out before the N64 and was 3D too. More consoles came out and it became a 4-way battle between Segas dream cast, Nintedos GameCube, Sonys PS2 and Microsofts Xbox. There’s a lot more that would be too much to say but is still pretty interesting like what happened with the Wii, Wii U, Wii mini, Wii family and more!
The Xbox has lost the console war. It has only sold 56 million consoles that’s only 5.1% of sales between Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo. In a court case, Microsoft said “Xbox had lost the console wars and has consistently ranked third (of three) behind PlayStation and Nintendo in sales” ( Microsoft owns Xbox). The Xbox 360 is the most sold Xbox console with 85 million sales, but the most sold Nintendo console is the Wii which has sold around 100 million units and the most sold PlayStation is the PS2 which has sold 158 million units. This means that Xbox has lost the console wars. Do you think Xbox should have lost. I think that they should have lost, their consoles are pretty bad, but their games are pretty good.
All this stuff is very interesting, but there are going to be new consoles coming out. What will happen when the next Xbox, Nintendo Switch 2 and PS6 come out? Will the Nintendo Switch become the most sold console? What do you think will happen In the futcher of the console wars? We’ll just have to wait and see.